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Burlington Tooshkenig | Sweetgrass & Cinnamon

By Executive Assistant | November 6, 2023

Burlington Tooshkenig Artist Gallery Workshop Contact Burlington Tooshkenig Bkejwanong I learned how to make sweetgrass baskets from my grandmother. I learned the skill as a child, and it has been a great part of my artistry ever since. Sweetgrass basketry in my home community was almost lost as a result of the skills not being…

Stephanie White

By Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada | January 18, 2021

Stephanie White Artist Gallery Contact Stephanie White Qalipu Mi’kmaq Kwe, Teluisi Stephanie White. I am part of the Qalipu Band of Newfoundland. I am sharing the Mi’Kmaq indigenous culture through art. I love all types of crafting and artwork. I create art with many mediums including paint, sweetgrass, porcupine quills, animal skin/fur, sea glass, and wood/bark.…

Nicole Travers

By Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada | November 4, 2020

Nicole Travers Artist Gallery Contact Nicole Travers Qalipu Mi’kmaq First Nation Born and raised in the small hamlet of Little Port, Elmastukwek, Ktaqmkuk, Nicole Travers is a Mi’kmaw woman and artist. She is a self-taught beader who started practicing just after the birth of her first child in 2015. Nicole always admired the intricate detailed…

Pauline Gilley

By Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada | August 5, 2020

Pauline Giley, crafts, craft maker, featherwork, jewlery, jewelry maker, leatherwork, painting, painter, woodworker, antler, dreamcatchers, medicine bags mittens, moccasins, seal skin , smudging feathers, talking sticks, Indigenous Artist, First Nations, Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada, Pass The Feather

Pauline Gilley Artist Gallery Contact Pauline Gilley Mi’kmaq, Qalipu First Nations Pauline Gilley, Member of Qalipu First Nation. I am living in Corner Brook, NL but grew up in Sally’s Cove and Rocky Harbour, NL. I learned sewing from my Grandmother. She made seal skin boots and moccasins for her family. Although I never learned…

Steven Lawton | Mi’kmaw Stone Carver

By Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada | March 21, 2019

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Steven Lawton – Mi’kmaw Stone Carver Artist Photo Gallery Contact Artist Steven Lawton Mi’kmaq, Qalipu Mi’kmaq First Nation Steve is Mi’kmaq from Newfoundland and a member of the Qalipu Mi’kmaq First Nation, (formerly the Federation of Newfoundland Indians – Gander Bay Mi’kmaq Indian Band). Having left home to serve in the Canadian Airforce as an Airframe…